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January 22, 2026 by California Prison Focus

January 15, 2026 by California Prison Focus

We pay tribute to Our New Afrikan Comrade and Brotha Kala Sangu Kambon, who joined the Ancestors January 3, 2026. We maintain a continuum of life, liberation and self-determination through remembrance, acknowledgment and honor. Rest in Power Beloved Comrade. You live on in Us! Ubuntu! (i am We) Kan’t stop, Won’t stop Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

We start the new year going deep into the necessity to Know Thyself as a basis for revolutionary action. Understanding that the struggle starts from within and informs all the decisions we make and actions we take. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

This week, We take time to remember why we do what we do here on Prison Focus Radio. We ground down into the importance of illuminating the voices, experience and wisdom of California’s New Afrikan Political Prisoners, current, former and ancestral. We Remember as resistance to the state’s erasure of Ourstory by hearing from unapologetic New Afrikan Revolutionaries who continue to assert their ful...

This week we take you on a ride making three stops to hear the voices of the press conference spotlighting the civil suit brought by New Afrikan Artivist Minister King against CDCr and the state of California for violating his First Amendment rights and he’s challenging the merits of Penal Code 4571; next we’ll hear an excerpt of a conversation between New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha LP and...

We hear Part 2 the report back from Brotha Di’Ke about the Come in Unity event and what transpired between inside organizers and creators and the prison officials- more shenanigans! And we’ll hear how Brotha Di’Ke is in full Kan’t stop, Won’t stop mode. You don’t want to miss this one! Liberate Our Elders! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

Today we hear Part 1 of New Afrikan Brotha Di’Ke’s transformation from criminal thinking to revolutionary action. Sixteen years in on a 40 to life sentence, this young Brotha is a powerhouse of inspiration, motivation and purpose… His story is both a reflection and a manifestation of the recent historical activities of our New Afrikan Freedom Fighters and Political Prisoners. Let’s get them home!...

We continue to tell our New Afrikan Ourstory from the streets of Oakland, from the calling of the names of our ancestors and bringing her forward to inspire the moment into remembrance of all our people have endured and from which we build our resilience and Unity. We continue to read “Assata, an autobiography,” we hear commentary and gain knowledge about Sandra “Red” Pratt, more than the wife of...

We continue to hear the voices of local Oaklanders benefitting from the weekly food giveaway organized by a powerful collaboration of local, Black-lead organizations, including Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back founded By Richard “Razor” Johnson, who spent 26 years in captivity and subjected to years of solitary confinement meant to break his revolutionary spirit because of his political activitie...

We continue to acknowledge and highlight the powerful work our New Afrikan brothas are doing to love up on the people with the voices of the People. After spending decades in captivity and subjected to decades of solitary confinement by the state in order to break their revolutionary minds, spirits and Unity, they’ve come home and together with other local orgs in Oakland to give back to the Peopl...

October 23, 2025 by California Prison Focus

October 16, 2025 by California Prison Focus

This week we spend much of the hour with our Sis Queen Makini, who survives the passing of her husband, Yafeu Iyapo who after receiving a date to come home after 50 years of captivity dies in a prison hospital after an unsuccessful, questionable brain surgery. We get into the ramifications of long-term imprisonment, decades of solitary confinement and the legacy Yafeu leaves behind as part of the...

REST IN POWER BELOVED ASSATA SHAKUR This week we are in conversation with Sis Jay Rene, Black Enthusiast, community journalist and Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio along with her husband Kwame Teague, unjustly held captive going on 32 years. We’ll get an update on his case and how we can support… *We are in our Fall Fund Drive! Please donate to your independent, listener supported radio station, KP...

This week we talk about the case of Abdul Olugbala Shakur, New Afrikan Revolutionary, scholar, author and Political Prisoner held captive almost 50 years. The parole board is trying to rescind his grant of parole by subjecting him to a rescission hearing. Here’s what you can do: Listen to Prison Focus Radio Write letters: For a template and SASE email: buildtheaim.a13@gmail.com Call the gov: 916-4...

We continue our view into the unjust and deadly tactics of the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation with the latest on New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Brotha LP’s Racial Justice Act case; and New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha Balagoon’s liberation campaign. As long as we turn a blind eye, a deaf ear or a silent voice to the crimes against the humanity of the people in prison...

New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Brotha LP, speaks about his Racial Justice Act case. We’ll see in real time what our people inside are up against as they fight for their freedom. Let’s make certain they don’t have to do it alone – get educated! be inspired! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

Black August greetings! We continue with Reclaiming the Truth about Black August Resistance and beyond. Black August is essential to our continued struggle for liberation, self-determination and New Afrikan community empowerment. The struggle relies on our Unity and informs the reason for the Black August Breaking of the Fast on the 31st. This episode builds the narrative to this final phase of th...

Black August greetings! During this episode on Black August FLEA Day 21 commemorating George Jackson with a 24-hour fast, and reclaiming the truth about Black August, we hear the 2012 interview by Naji Mujahid with Kumasi, the official historian of the Black August Organizing Committee, speaking about the origins of the California Prison Movement and the why and meaning behind Black August. This i...

As promised, and with much gratitude, we bring back voices in connection with our African brothers and sisters. Pastor and Maasai James responded to the greetings/introductions from Brotha Sangu, Brotha Zah, Brotha Mutawally, Brotha Gha’is and Brotha Baridi, and we hear sounds from his Sunday service in the village. Two books were gifted to him: “Indictment of the State and its Prison Industrial S...

It’s Black August 2025! And We are two FLEA days into commemorating its 46th year. Last year We laid down some powerful work to educate the public, tell the truth and share the tenets and practice of Black August which serve to uplift and empower the People toward liberation and self-determination. This work endures and seeks to preserve its integrity, and remains as crucial as ever. (We’ll hear e...

In keeping with the telling of the New Afrikan Ourstory 365, over the next few weeks you will have the privilege of bearing witness to a tribute to our beloved New Afrikan Brotha Yafeu Iyapo, the embodiment of revolutionary love who transitioned to the ancestors June 24, 2025, Rest in Power, Brotha. We will bear witness to the expression of the seven principles of Ma’at: Truth, Justice, Harmony, B...

In keeping with the telling of the New Afrikan Ourstory 365, over the next few weeks you will have the privilege of bearing witness to a tribute to our beloved New Afrikan Brotha Yafeu Iyapo, the embodiment of revolutionary love who transitioned to the ancestors June 24, 2025, Rest in Power, Brotha. We will bear witness to the expression of the seven principles of Ma’at: Truth, Justice, Harmony, B...

We will be discussing medical abuse, medical apartheid and how the prison industrial slave complex is designed to keep Us unfree for exploitation and our ultimate demise. The telling of Ourstory through a New Afrikan lens speaks truth to the crimes against our humanity. We will tell it loud, proud and unbowed. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Pal...